The Geomancer

8/4/08

What a great word "Endeavour" is.

Kay Kenyon's Bright of the Sky: Book One of The Entire and The Roseis among the nominees for this year's 2008 Endeavour Award, given "for a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year."

The award is announced annually at OryCon, held in Portland, Oregon. The next award will be presented at OryCon 30 (November 2008) for a book published during 2007. The award is accompanied by a grant of $1,000.

The finalists for 2008 are:

The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
Powers by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper

Congratulations to Kay, and to all the nominees!

1 comment:

  1. Ferrari, Kenyon and LeGuin are all fab choices!

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